Wolf of Wimbledon Jeffrey Revell-ReadeOne of the biggest boiler-room fraudsters in UK history hid his operation behind multiple layers of offshore shell companies set up by the now-defunct Panama Papers law firm, MossackFonseca.

The law firm whose leaked files became known as the Panama Papers spent months after the leak trying to identify the real owners of thousands of shell companies the firm set up in offshore jurisdictions.

When 2017 began, I did not envisage how my life would change. I live and work in the British Virgin islands (BVI), a location rapidly becoming famous due to the publication of the Panama Papers and more latterly the Paradise Papers.

This month is the one year anniversary of the Panama Papers, a leak of 11 million documents from the Mossack Fonseca law firm that showed how easy it is for corrupt public officials, money launderers, drug traffickers and other criminals to hide behind anonymous companies and access the global financial system.

It comes as no surprise that the authorities appear to have caught up with Mossack Fonseca’s founders, JürgenMossack and RamonFonseca, who were arrested last month in Panama City and the firm’s offices raided.